A British socialite, an introverted chemist (Herbert Marshall), a famous journalist and a mousy schoolteacher (Claudette Colbert) renegotiate their personas and power relations when they are put off of a cruise ship beset with disease, and must survive the Malayan jungle with only the help of a native guide. Tellingly, in director Cecil B. DeMille's world, the jungle humbles the self-important, and brings out the animal in the formerly meek, infusing this absurdist DeMille curiosity with trenchant social commentary.
Paramount Productions, Inc. Director: Cecil B. DeMille. Screenwriter: Bartlett Cormack, Lenore Coffee. Cinematographer: Karl Struss. Editor: Anne Bauchens. Cast: Claudette Colbert, Herbert Marshall, Mary Boland, William Gargan, Leo Carrillo. 35mm, b/w, 95 min.
